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1. A MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEM HAVING ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS THEREOF LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED AND SECURED ON A SINGLE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND COMPSRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELEVATED AN TRAINABLE LAUNCHER, LAUNCHING RAILS ON SAID LAUNCHER, A RAMMING MECHANISM HAVING MISSILE SUPPORTING AND GUIDING RAILS, SAID RAMMING MECHANISM RAILS BEING IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID LAUNCHER RAILS WHEN THE LAUNCHER IS POSITIONED A ZERO DEGREES ELEVATION AND TRAIN, A FIRST MISSILE MAGAZINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF MISSILE CELLS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION WITH SAID RAMMING MECHANISM, A SECOND MISSILE MAGAZINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF MISSILE CELLS AND A RAMWAY DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION WITH SAID RAMMING MECHANISM AND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST MAGAZINE IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID LAUNCHER, SAID RAMMING MECHANISM EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SPACE SEPARATING SAID MAGAZINES, SAID RAMWAY IN SAID SECOND MAGAZINE AND TO SAID LAUNCHER, TRANSFER MEANS MOVABLY DISPOSED IN SAID SPACE BETWEEN SAID MAGAZINES AND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN TRANSVERSE AND VERTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A SELECTED CELL AND SAID RAMMING MECHANISM, AND EXTENDABLE EXTRACTOR MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TRANSFER MEANS FOR MOVING MISSILES FROM SAID MAGAZINES ONTO SAID TRANSFER MEANS FOR FURTHER MOVEMENT TO SAID RAMMING MECHANISM. 